Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar Author Nava, Santiago 0000-0001-7791-4239 nava.santiago@inta.gob.ar Author Robbins, Richard G. 0000-0003-2443-5271 robbinsrg@si.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-07 5251 1 1 274 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 journal article 235222 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 43227427-a867-4744-9e4c-2b2302524890 1175-5326 7704190 3326BF76-A2FB-4244-BA4C-D0AF81F55637 104. Ixodes himalayensis Dhanda & Kulkarni, 1969 . Oriental: 1) India , 2) Nepal (south and central) ( Clifford et al. 1975a ). Clifford et al. (1975a) collected females and immature stages of this tick in Nepal and compared their specimens with the descriptions of Ixodes himalayensis , finding no morphological differences among females, while some differences were noted when larval and nymphal specimens were compared with their original descriptions. As a consequence, Clifford et al. (1975a) classified their Nepalese ticks as Ixodes near himalayensis . Kolonin (2009) included Afghanistan (Palearctic) within the range of Ixodes himalayensis but provided no justification for doing so. Hoogstraal (1973a) listed Ixodes himalayensis as a species found in Afghanistan but stated that this tick is “unknown elsewhere,” which may be a typographical error, because Ixodes himalayensis was only known from Indian specimens until it was collected in Nepal by Clifford et al. (1975a) . We tentatively exclude Afghanistan from the range of Ixodes himalayensis .